[GAME] The Selection

[G.K.]

"guy I don't know." I guess that means me George thought to himself after hearing Yui's orders to the entire group.

Before He could plan his next move George saw one of the riders charge head on at the creature. As the rider attacked he holstered the pistol it seemed to slide fulling into the holster, disappearing for a second. A bigger longer stock rose out from the holder a few inches. George took hold of it and removed it revealing a long, sleek, and somewhat usual looking rifle. It likely looked like a magic trick to anyone watching him at the time.

He darted a few feet to the left, Placing the creature in his line of site. he pressed the butt of the stock into his shoulder and carefully took aim at the creature's chest then fired. A second between each shot, 5 shots total, then the gun would overhead and he'd need 5 seconds for it to cool down. He hoped between the first and the fifth shot someone would find a window of opportunity to attack.

 

[Icefish]

A simultaneous attack sounded good to Jayden. Even if Yui's mystery attack didn't work, everyone focusing their efforts on one spot would make it much more likely that they'd actually deal some damage. He wasn't sure who she was talking about when she said "guy she didn't know." He thought he had met everyone involved in this little venture. Of course, it could have just been a straggler who got there late.

Exelion got up from his crouched position and started to advance on Death, firing on the spot that Hunter had conveniently marked. A quick sidestep helped him avoid Hunter's flying body as it raced past him. He heard the booming retort of a large gun and was somewhat distracted by it. A quick look around revealed the shooter to be another player- probably the unknown guy. Exelion turned back to Death and charged, switching his weapon to its sword form as he advanced. If this was going to work, they'd need someone to take a few hits, and it looked like he was going to be the best bet. With a fierce cry, he began to hack and slash at the target location, making sure that he had positioned himself as to not be in the shooter's line of fire.

 

[Gankun]

Kamen Rider Shards kept up his volley of shots, however they seemed to be doing minimal damage if any at all. The illusions helped to keep Death busy as the trio circled him. Yoshimi was caught off guard with Yui's sudden command. As he looked up, he saw Death crash its blade into the ground, creating a massive shockwave. Yoshimi reacted too late, jumping back at the last possible minute which caused him to roll onto the ground when landing. His two illusions hadn't dodged the attack which instantly nullified the two copies. As Yoshimi tried to lift himself off the ground, an intense pain shot through his left arm. He landed on it and was unsure of whether or not the arm broke during the fall. He used his other hand to grab onto some nearby rubble and stand up.

He heard Yui's command and looked to where Hunter marked an ideal spot for a combo attack. This arm's killing me, but I think I can make a shot with one arm. Holding the bow under his arm, Yoshimi grabbed the purple shard resting on his belt. He carefully inserted the shard into the slot in the center of the bow's handle. Suddenly the purple crystal began glowing as energy ran from the belt's main shard along his arm, glowing yellow along the path. The energy reached the bow's crystal, glowing a bright purple as the belt announced, "SHARD BREAK."

"Give me another sec to charge up this shot, it'll take me a moment, but the longer I let energy flow, the more power I can give it. Maybe it'll then crack his armor." Yoshimi kept the bow aimed at Death while the Exellion had its attention. "Any second now."

 

[CrimsonSonic]

Hunter grabbed his sword from where it lay on the ground next to him. He used the sword as an improvised walking stick so that he could stand up. His back and ankle were both in pain but nothing seemingly major. If it was he would have been knocked out of his transformation, so that's a plus Hunter guessed. He pressed the south portion again.

MAGNETIC SOUTH

Hunter stood up and prepared his sword. He could feel his ability to produce fire slipping. Hunter cursed. He could manipulate it no matter what but he couldn't always manage to create it. He had never measured the limits of how much fire he could create. There's no measurement for fire after all. When using west he could produce it in measurements of kiloliters and even then just pull it from the air. Not so with fire. Then Hunter remembered something. Water under enough pressure could cut metal cleanly. This could work perfectly. He might not be able to kill Death but he could sure as hell injure it.

MAGNETIC EAST

The Galaxy Matrix turned the same shade of royal blue as the East portion. Hunter sheathed his sword and walked forward. His leg was starting to get to him, but he'd address the wound later if there was one. It might simply be where he was flung into a counter. He steeled himself as he walked forward, cringing through the pain. He remembered a blonde with piercing green eyes, a grin across her face. He smiled through the pain and walked forward. Hunter held out his palm and fired a pressurized blast of water from it, focused on the mark.

 

[Scarlet Weather]

The first cut had taken Death by surprise, the skeletal warrior almost disbelieving that something had actually come close to damaging it as it swatted the annoyance away. The heavy fire to the same spot kept it from finishing its opponent, and the following melee barrage and burst of water kept the creature off balance. The armor had become dented slightly around the target area, but still wasn't weak enough to simply rip apart.

The blows rained down upon Death, pinning the armor from moving forward. The jaw dropped again just as Hunter began to advance, and the same roar as before filled the air. Yui gritted her teeth. Freshie's arrow probably could have given her the weak point she needed, but it really didn't matter which of them reached first. It had to be now, and she wasn't leaving this call up to the rookie. "GET BACK!" she shouted, lunging into the air and pressing down on her Zecter's 'fangs'. The energy she had built up- a minute and almost twenty second's worth- erupted from her armor in the form of violet sparks, traveling upwards toward the gauntlet area where two stabbing weapons jutted out, preparing for their use. She landed directly in front of Death, in a small gap between him and Exelion. Now was the time.

DASH OUT. CHARGE VIOLET!

"Rider!" Yui echoed as she lunged forward with her left hand, striking a perfect blow against the exact center of the weakened area. Death staggered back, the armor clearly dented further but not broken. The eyes of Yui's mask dimmed slightly as she narrowed her own behind them, bringing back her right hand and lunging it forward as well as she shouted once more. "STING!"

RIDER STING!

The right hand blow struck true, and the sparks which had covered Yui's armor flowed from it. Death skidded back, clearly unbalanced by the force of the attack as it held its sword in front of its body, using the massive blade as a shield from further blows. Breathing heavily, Yui noted with satisfaction that the aura around its head had simply disappeared. "Wait for it," she muttered, watching its arms.

The jaw dropped again, and Death raised its sword once more- and revealed a perfect crack in its armor plating, running along the area the group had struck down the creature's torso. This was it- their opportunity. "FRESHIE!" She bellowed. "SHOOT!"

 

[Gankun]

Yoshimi stood, one arm hanging down while his other firmly held the bow in place. He had been charging the finisher for 12 seconds now and the energy from his shard flowed to create a purple ball of energy, hovering in front of the weapon. Once Yui revealed the crack in the armor, the eyepieces of Shards glowed as he released his grip on the handle. Yoshimi roared as the ball of energy quickly shot out, forming an arrow with a shard as the arrowtip. The piercing violet blast hit dead on the cracked armor, with the shot exploding into a purple mist, covering the entire first floor of Jump!

Yoshimi dropped his bow as he leaned and fell to the right, catching himself on the wall, supporting his entire body on his good right hand. He started breathing heavily as he looked up to the mist obscuring his view. "ugg, I can't keep this up any more." Yoshimi fell to the floor to his knees and reached for his bow.

 

[CrimsonSonic]

Hunter let up on the stream of water. He watched as his teammates blasted the enemy with their finishing attacks

"If you can't beat em, join em" Hunter said. He grabbed his sword from his back and pointed it forward. As soon as he had it ready, he pressed the middle button on the Galaxy Matrix. Upon doing this, he then placed his clawed finger in the groove on the belt and spun the plate. After doing so, blue energy surged throughout Hunters entire body.

FULL TILT SOUTH

Water built up around Hunter as he charged forward. The Ryusei was launched into the air by a geyser underneath of his feet. Hunter used this to jump higher and at his enemy. As he did he stabbed his sword forward.

"Depth Charge!"

Hunter stabbed forward in Walking Death's weak point. As soon as his blade made contact, he sidestepped, allowing anyone else a clear shot.

 

[Icefish]

"Might as well keep the chain going!" Exelion said. In a series of swift motions, he had pulled the Exelion Memory out of the Driver and inserted it into the TwinCalibur. He pulled the trigger as he moved in to take the space Hunter had just vacated.

EXELION MAXIMUM DRIVE

One line of energy on Exelion's armor, specifically the one on his arm, began to glow brilliantly. The blade of the TwinCalibur also began to glow with the same energy. Exelion took a few slashes at Death, each blow causing the glow to increase in intensity. Suddenly, a burst of energy made its way down his arm and to the TwinCalibur. The blade split down the middle and opened up, releasing a large blade of energy. With a fierce roar, Exelion took one last cleave at the beast before sliding aside, leaving an opening for the next member of their little group to step in and keep the pain train rolling.

 

[G.K.]

when the 5 shot was fired the top portion of the revolver bent upward partial detatching itself from the rest of the weapon. A small metal object extended outward from th back end of the barrel releasing large amount of steam while doing so. George pressed a small button on the rifle which ejected the small ojbect. He caught it. dropped it into the hulster and then pulled out a simliar object differing in color. He loaded it into the rifle and pushed the top portion down returning it to firing mode. The instant he did the gun immited a high pitched winding noise that seemed to build with each second. George took a wide stance and aimed the weapons carefully at the creature's chest.
He paused just long enough for Jayden to clear the way then fired.

"LONGSHOT!" He cried out as he squeezed the trigger.

The force of the blast exiting the weapon caused George to slided backwards as the pojected energy flew forward. It seemed to narrow into a focused white line as it Punched through target and contiued onward until George released the trigger. George's backward movement ceased and the white line disspated into the air leaving only the injury it had inflicted to tell of it's existance.

 

[Scarlet Weather]

Yui couldn't help grinning as the last shot of the five-attack chain struck home. Death's armor flew out in all directions as a veritable explosion of energy consumed the target's body. There was no way he was getting up after-

She glanced down at her wrist. "No way."

The point-counting bracer, which had remained attached to her even after her transformation, hadn't increased its total at all. Meaning-

Smoke and flame cleared, and a very banged-up but otherwise intact Death strode out. His armor had been shattered, leaving his entire torso free- and revealing that within, he was completely empty save for a rope of blue flame connecting the base of his skull to his gauntlet, and presumably through there to his sword, which shimmered faintly with the same energy. "No freaking way," Yui groaned as she adopted a fighting stance. "It can survive its body being destroyed?"

Death leveled its sword, pointing it in turn at each of its attackers- and then promptly turned, and began running toward the door. It was either beating a tactical retreat, given the level of damage its armor had taken, or simply had decided that the five Riders weren't easy enough prey. Yui moved in pursuit. "No you don't, dammit!"

ONE. TWO. THREE. RIDER KICK!

Dropping to the ground, Yui slid along the floor in a straight line, energy gathering around her legs and body as she homed in on the enemy's legs-

And suddenly the skeleton wasn't there anymore. Yui skidded to a halt. "Wha-"

The sword caught her across the midriff, flinging her bodily into a wall and cancelling her transformation, before she could finish her sentence. Gasping for air, she fell to her knees. Dimly, she wondered if the weight Death had shed with its lost armor had allowed it to pick up speed as she feebly raised up a hand, a shadow looming over her with its sword held above its head-

A burst of flame struck the shadow from the side, and it was forced away from her. Yui sucked in air, still hurting. "Shades?"

"Pitiful creature. Your life is now forfeit!"

Yui razed her head, staring at the new arrival. Tall. Blonde. Muscular. Dressed in a leather fighter pilot's jacket and jeans. His belt was the same nondescript silver as her own, but the buckle bulged outward, the top containing a slot and the center being some sort of display case. The newcomer- Blondie, Yui mentally named him- raised a small object into the air. A metal object, which on closer inspection looked like a silver cross formed from blades. "Henshin!" He inserted the object into the belt's slot as he was bathed in a cooling, white light.

Henshin Engage. All System Power Up. Core Weapon, finalized. Blazon feedback maximum. Prepare for next combat. Kamen Rider, go.

The white armor which coated the warrior's body was plated, not unlike Death's, but not nearly so bulky and probably far more comfortable to move in. Rather than a knight's helm, the new fighter's mask seemed to echo the shape of a crowned king, complete with gems set in its crest. Rather than standard eyes, a V-shaped visor glowed with energy as the warrior snapped, a blue cape materializing. In his right hand, he hefted a massive claymore. "You, who defies the rules of this world," he said, pointed the blade at Death, "DISAPPEAR!"

Advent Slash.

With a roar, the knight drew back his blade, and brought it down. The resulting discharge of energy far dwarfed that of Exelion or Ryuusei's final attacks, releasing a column of light which punched a hole straight through one of Jump!'s walls. Death screamed as his body was reduced to ash, the blue flames which had covered his skull being put out instantly. Satisfied, the warrior struck his belt once more, his armor vanishing. "Farewell, subjects," he said, dismissively waving to the assembled Riders before rushing away.

In the distance, the neigh of a horse could be heard.

"The... hell?" Yui groaned, managing to pick herself up from where Death's attack had thrown her. "Who was that-"

She caught sight of her brace again, shaking it. "The hell?"

The total- even after the monster had been completely annihilated- hadn't increased at all. "The hell is this? Is it still alive?"